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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Galium pilosum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galium pilosum var. pilosum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Galium pilosum var. puncticulosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-10-005:
Galium pilosum
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Hairy Bedstraw
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JK Marlow jkm120617_061
June Spartanburg County SC
Stem square between nodes, rough when young, with hooked hairs on angles, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
JK Marlow jkm120617_064
June Spartanburg County SC
[The Sweetgum leaf provides some scale.] Fruit 2-3mm long, 3-4mm wide, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
Roxanna Martin rlm61811_25
June Spartanburg County SC
Flowers at ends of many branchlets, may be greenish-white or purplish, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Roxanna Martin rlm82510_113
August Spartanburg County SC
Stem square between nodes, rough when young, becoming smooth, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
Roxanna Martin rlm82510_122
August Spartanburg County SC
Leaves elliptic to weakly ovate, mucronate, pilose-hispid, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Roxanna Martin rlm82510_95
August Spartanburg County SC
White to greenish-maroon flowers on pedicels & in clusters, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Roxanna Martin rlm82810_44
August Spartanburg County SC
Dry, hook-bristled, spherical fruit, green maturing brown or black, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.